Lichfield Mysteries

Community Arts

Lichfield Mysteries

Community Arts

Welcome to Lichfield Mysteries Community Arts

Lichfield Mysteries Community Arts facilitates and encourages involvement in the arts through dramatic performances, including the Lichfield Mysteries, and other artistic activities - and we're always looking for new ideas and opportunities.

Our group brings together the talent and enthusiasm of community groups and hundreds of local volunteers in the Lichfield Mystery Plays and many other arts activities.

Lichfield Mystery Plays are a community-based arts project. Every third year we perform on each of two days, 27 short medieval plays, each produced by a different local group, interpreted for the 21st century

COMING UP: GROUND VERSE: a 'Pop Up' Community Poetry Trail. Poems will be created and displayed around Lichfield City Centre in association with Lichfield's Heritage Weekend. 23rd September 2017

Syrian refugees in the Za'atari Refugee camp in Jordan created a short film telling the story of their journey - their exodus - for Lichfield Mystery Plays 2016. See the film here.
Laura and Anthony Evans have been involved in both the performance and the pro...

Lichfield Mysteries Community Arts created ‘Ground Verse’, a Pop-Up Poetry Trail to celebrate Lichfield’s Heritage Weekend, 23rd/24th September 2017.
Mal Dewhirst, Staffordshire’s first Poet Laureate, was our Poet in Residence for the day. Throughout the da...

Our 90 Costumes community arts project made a short film showcasing some of our amazing costumes.
Participants became the stars of their own film simply by coming along, putting on a costume, standing in front of a green screen and being filmed. No lines to l...

An enormous THANK YOU to all of our lovely participants, play directors, event volunteers, supporters, funders and sponsors for making our May 2016 production a wonderful success. You created a really memorable Mysteries to be proud of!
Have a look at a few...

At our AGM we will be discussing the next production of the Lichfield Mystery Plays. We would really like your ideas and input and so would like to encourage you to come along, have your say and contribute to t...

Lichfield Mysteries facilitates and encourages involvement in the Arts through dramatic performances, including the Lichfield Mysteries, and other artistic activities - and we're always looking for new ideas and opportunities.